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Bill Bowes

William Eric Bowes

Born: 25 July 1908, Elland, Yorkshire
Died: 4 September 1987, Otley, Yorkshire
Major Teams: Yorkshire, England.
Known As: Bill Bowes
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium, Right Arm Fast Medium


Test Debut: England v India at Lord's, Only Test, 1932
Last Test:
England v India at Lord's, 1st Test, 1946

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1932

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   15   11   5    28   10*   4.66   0   0    2   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              3655  131  1519   68  22.33  6-33    6   0  53.7  2.49

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1929 - 1947)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  372  326 148  1528   43*   8.58   0   0  138   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             74124 27470 1639  16.76  9-121 116  27  45.2  2.22

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Profile:

Of academic appearance- tall, bespectacled, and with an abstracted air, Bill Bowes was an extremely effective opening bowler for Yorkshire and England. Whilst not of the highest pace, he had the ability to move the ball both ways at speed, had a nasty bouncer, and bowled few loose balls. David Frith described his approach as "ungainly, almost shambling", but the final delivery was powerful, with a pronounced flick of the wrist. He was one of Jardine's quartet of fast bowlers in the Bodyline tour (although he played but one Test and took only one wicket, Bradman, first ball), and employed leg theory on occasion in county games. His best years for England were after the Bodyline series, and despite several years as a prisoner of war during WW2, returned to play two more seasons after the war, although his pace had dropped to medium. He took more first class wickets than he scored runs, which indicates the quality of his batting, and he had few pretensions as a fielder, but as a fast bowler, he was highly effective. After retirement he turned his hand to journalism, as a correspondent for Yorkshire papers (Dave Liverman, 1998).

* Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 02:26:58 GMT


 
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